The town of Lactora was first part of the province of Aquitaine, then of Novempopulania. It was the capital of the civitas of the Lactorates and one of the high places of the cult of Cybele.

Lectoure is located at the intersection of two main roads, an east-west axis, from Toulouse to Bordeaux, and north-south from Agen to Saint-Bertrand de Comminges, the ancient Lugdunum Convenarum. This route is mentioned on the Peutinger Tabula, an ancient Roman map showing the roads and the main towns of the Roman Empire which constitute the ...

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Lactora was the capital of the civitas of the Lactorates. Show place in AWMC's Antiquity À-la-carte , Google Earth , or Pelagios' Peripleo . Show area in GeoNames , Google Maps , or OpenStreetMap .

LACTORA in Gallia Aquitania, is placed by the Antonine Itin. on the road between Aginnum (Agen) and Climberrum ( Auch), and 15 Gallic leagues from each. The distance and name correspond to the position and name of Lectoure.

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Lactora est une cité aquitano - romaine implantée sur le site de l’actuelle ville de Lectoure (Gers), capitale des Lactorates, peuple de l’ Aquitaine qui faisait partie de la Novempopulanie. Le lieu est habité dès le Mésolithique, comme l’attestent divers vestiges retrouvés sur place.

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